I would <i>reluctantly </i>join your new list. I, however, agree with the others in that I don't think it's really necessary. The majority of the people on this list <i>are </i>independents. I don't understand why you can't bring these issues you speak of <i>here.<br>
<br></i>Instead of breaking off the group, why not just start posting your issues here? I highly doubt that any non-independents would object. More over, I'm sure that anyone that <i>is </i>non-independent would love to hear what things are like on the other side of the fence. And if not, they can always file the threads under "trashcan!" <br>
<br>Glad to see you trying to ramp up involvement, though. I think it's very healthy for the whole community.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Sam Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sam@samcohen.com">sam@samcohen.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Adam Mordecai <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mordecai@advomatic.com" target="_blank">mordecai@advomatic.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>The majority of people on this list are independent developers, to splinter it even more would cause a low traffic list to be even more low traffic. </div></blockquote></div><div><br>That's a fair point, but I didn't think anyone would mind, given this list gets about 2 posts a
month and is for all intents and purposes it is dormant. <br>
<br>
I'm hoping to start an active lists/group with, potentially, many posts a day. But more importantly, this list i<font size="2">s, as its described, "<font color="#000000">A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers</font>."</font> <br>
<br>
<i>What I'd like to start is a support community specifically for independents and not just about consulting</i>
-- one where we can discuss anything
related to Drupal, from the unique challenges of being a one man/woman show to theming and coding issues. The group would be tied together by a common
thread, which is that we are all one-person operations, either full time
or part time. <br>
<br>
My experience shows me there's a huge difference when it comes to being
a one-person operation and being part of a shop, definitely enough to
support its own group. <br>
<br>
It would also give the independents some of the community and advantages that people who already work as a group have. <br>
<br>
For example, when I worked as part of a team, it was really easy to
just ask coworkers for help as they were being compensated for their
time, and I can give help to my team and I was being compensated, all
by my employer who understood that employees helping each other was
important.<br>
<br>
But now, as an independent, I no longer have that advantage, and I
think a group of independents, even though it's their own time and
dime, would be willing to help one another the way those who work for a
company do. <br>
<br>
Best, <br><font color="#888888">
Sam <br></font></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><br><div><div><div></div><div><div>On Jan 10, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Sam Cohen wrote:</div>
<br>Hi everyone,<br><br>I'm an independent Drupal consultant and I have purposely decided to not grow and become a web shop or work for another web shop. I like being a one-person operation. <br><br>I think being an independent, a one man or woman "shop," comes with many unique challenges and I was wondering if any other Indies out there would be interested in starting a separate email list just for Independent Drupal Consultants, in order to share advice on things like time management, working with clients, managing work load, etc. <br>
<br>If so, please email me at <a href="mailto:sam@samcohen.com" target="_blank">sam@samcohen.com</a> and I'll start a list.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sam<br></div></div><div> _______________________________________________<br>
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